Family Abuse Against the Elders Living in Nursing Homes

Yıl 2013, Cilt: 24 Sayı: 2, 109 - 122, 15.10.2013

Taner Artan

Öz

It is generally known that the number of the elders who are affected by abuse is in- creasing day by day in the whole world. The small number of researches carried out on “elder abuse" in our country is a notewor- thy phenomenon. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the elders have ex- perienced abuse within their families before they enter the nursing home. To research this case, 93 elders living in Bahçelievler Nurs­ing Home Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Center, Zeytinburnu Semiha Şakir Nursing Home, Göztepe Semiha Sakir Nursing Home and Çamlıca Fahrettin Kerim Gökay Nurs­ing Home Directorates, located in the prov- ince İstanbul, were interviewed. All of these centers operate under the control of the Min- istry of Family and Social Policies. In the scope of this study, it is discovered that elders experience “psychological abuse" mostly; secondly comes the “economical abuse "; and thirdly, “physical abuse"is prominent.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Elderliness, elderly abuse, family violence

HUZUREVİNDE KALMAKTA OLAN YAŞLILARDA AİLE İÇİ İSTİSMAR

Öz

Bütün dünyada, yaşlı istismarından etkilenen yaşlıların sayısının giderek arttığı dile geti­rilmektedir. Ülkemizde, “yaşlı istismarı üze­rine" yapılan araştırmaların sayısının azlığı dikkat çekmektedir. Bu araştırmanın amacı; huzurevine girmeden önce yaşlıların aile içinde istismara maruz kalıp kalmadıkları­nın belirlenmesidir. Bu amaçla, İstanbul’da Aile ve Sosyal Politikalar Bakanlığı’na bağlı Bahçelievler Huzurevi Yaşlı Bakım ve Re­habilitasyon Merkezi, Zeytinburnu Semiha Şakir Huzurevi, Göztepe Semiha Şakir Hu­zurevi ve Çamlıca Fahrettin Kerim Gökay Huzurevi Müdürlüklerinde kalmakta olan93 yaşlı ile görüşme yapılmıştır. Araştırma kapsamında; yaşlıların en fazla “psikolojik istismara", ikinci sırada “ekonomik istisma­ra" ve üçüncü olarak da “fiziksel istismara" maruz kaldıkları belirlenmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Yaşlılık, yaşlı istismarı, aile içi şiddet

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